OC Today-Dispaatch NOVEMBER 22, 2024
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SUPER MOON November’s full Beaver Moon is pictured rising over Ocean City last Friday evening through the clouds amid a colorful sky.
Bays program takes US Wind money, hears No decision on short-term rentals blowback from county
Daycare child abuser gets 18 years Former Berlin child care worker Heather Ward sentenced after conviction on nine counts of assault and injuring children under her supervision. — PAGE 22
Coastal Bays gets $125K from company and scolding from Commissioner Ted Elder for accepting it. — PAGE 6
After hearing mostly from opponents of length-of-stay limits on rentals in some zoning districts, the planning commission takes no action, for now. — PAGE 14
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Extended Rt. 50 drawbridge closure announced for Jan. By Bethany Hooper Associate Editor (Nov. 22, 2024) Scheduled maintenance on the Route 50 bridge in Ocean City will affect water navigation beginning in January. In a notice to mariners last week, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that the Route 50 bridge in Ocean City will be maintained in a closed-to-navigation position to facilitate a scheduled maintenance project, from 6 a.m. on Jan. 2 through 6 p.m. March 17. During this time, the bridge will not be able to open for emergencies. The navigation channel directly under the bridge will also be closed to navigation due to the presence of a permanently moored work barge under the bridge.
The on-site maintenance team can be contacted via VHF-FM channel 13 or via telephone at 302-632-9506. Boaters should adjust their transits accordingly and should use caution when transiting the area. The span, known officially as the Harry W. Kelley Memorial Bridge, was built in 1942. In 2010, state transportation officials studied replacing the bridge with an elevated span to do away with a drawbridge. While talk of the new bridge dominated discussions for years, the replacement of the span is no longer the top state funding transportation project in Worcester County. The dualization of the Route 90 bridges and highway is the county’s top priority followed by Route 589 improvements.
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